| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 13 August 1981 |
| Laid down: | 6 July 1983 |
| Launched: | 20 July 1985 |
| Commissioned: | 12 September 1987 |
| Fate: | Active, in commission |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5799 tons light, 6206 tons full, 407 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.4 meters (31 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
USS Key West (SSN-722), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Key West, Florida. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 6 July 1983. She was launchedThe ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. A Babylonian narrative dating from the 3rd millennium BC describes the completion of a ship: :Openings to the water I stopped; :I searched for crac on 20 July 1985 sponsored by Mrs. Virginia Conn, and commissionedThe ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. Ship naming and launching are the inseparable elements which endow a ship hull with her identity. Yet, just as many developmental mileston on 12 September 1987 with Commander Warren Lipscomb, Jr. in command.
See USS Key West for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the
Naval Vessel Register as well as various press releases and news stories.